Prognostic value of serum lactic dehydrogenase (S-LDH) in multiple myeloma.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Weight loss induced by bariatric surgery is an effective method to reverse obesity and comorbidities. The aim of this prospective weight loss study was to investigate changes of body fat distribution in relation to adiponectin and its isoforms and further to investigate the influence of both body fat distrib...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Engl J,Sturm W,Sandhofer A,Kaser S,Tschoner A,Tatarczyk T,Weiss H,Tilg H,Patsch JR,Ebenbichler CF

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) is a common complication following cardiac surgery; however, the exact pathogenesis remains uncertain. Identifying risk factors of PPS might help to better understand the syndrome. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of existing literature around determinants of...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： van Osch D,Nathoe HM,Jacob KA,Doevendans PA,van Dijk D,Suyker WJ,Dieleman JM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bleeding time has been reported to increase during gaseous nitric oxide (NO) inhalation in healthy volunteers and patients, and it has been speculated that inhaled NO inhibits platelet function. However, results have not been unanimous, and we have been unable to document any effects of inhaled NO on circula...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Albert J,Norman M,Wallén NH,Frostell C,Hjemdahl P

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis are well recognized chronic cholestatic liver diseases that are considered to have an autoimmune basis. Recent progress in the study of autoimmune liver diseases has improved the recognition and characterization of these conditions. An important component of...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Medina J,Jones EA,García-Monzón C,Moreno-Otero R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:C-reactive protein (CRP) is a well-documented predictor of cardiovascular diseases and mortality. We aimed to better understand the distribution and determinants of CRP in the population. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Study participants were men and women aged 40-79 in the UK-based EPIC-Norfolk population-based coh...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ahmadi-Abhari S,Luben RN,Wareham NJ,Khaw KT

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most physicians and other healthcare professionals are unaware of the pervasiveness of poor quality clinical evidence that contributes considerably to overuse, underuse, avoidable adverse events, missed opportunities for right care and wasted healthcare resources. The Medical Misinformation Mess comprises four key pro...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ioannidis JPA,Stuart ME,Brownlee S,Strite SA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, a new mutation of the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) encoding gene was first described (1793G > A). Only few reports have studied the prevalence of this polymorphism, especially in combination with other MTHFR mutations (677C > T, 1298A > C). METHODS:We cross-sectionally identifi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Winkelmayer WC,Sunder-Plassmann G,Huber A,Födinger M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the inflammatory axis mediated by tumour necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) and its scavenger receptor CD163 during pregnancy and their influence on insulin sensitivity in normal pregnancy and in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). MATERIALS AND METHODS:One hundred and thirt...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Simón-Muela I,Llauradó G,Chacón MR,Olona M,Näf S,Maymó-Masip E,Gil P,de la Flor M,Gonzalez Clemente JM,Vendrell J,Megía A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to examine in an open, randomized parallel-group study whether an intervention programme directed towards hypercholesterolaemia, smoking and diabetes mellitus in treated hypertensive men was associated with less complex formation between low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and human arterial pro...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Fagerberg B,Wiklund O,Agewall S,Camejo G,Wikstrand RJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The intestinal handling of dextran, an alpha-1,6-linked glucose polymer, is poor compared with starch, and some ingested dextran might therefore reach the lower small intestine. As luminal sugar up-regulates SGLT1 (sodium-dependent glucose transporter) locally, we report the effects of a dextran-enriched die...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Debnam ES,Denholm EE,Grimble GK

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies revealed that patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) have a higher mortality rate than the general population and a comparable mortality to acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Repolarisation abnormalities, namely T-wave amplitude, may provide incremental prognostic information, in addition to tra...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gietzen T,El-Battrawy I,Lang S,Zhou XB,Ansari U,Behnes M,Borggrefe M,Akin I

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Analytical statistics revealed a variety of risk factors for hypertension, but the complex interplay between different factors remains to be determined by more powerful statistical techniques. METHODS:Analytical as well as new, explorative statistical methods such as natural segmentation (k-means) and predi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lukas A,Kumbein F,Temml C,Mayer B,Oberbauer R

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-thromboglobulin (beta TG), serotonin (5HT) and fibrinopeptide A (FPA) were assessed in twenty-two normal donors before, during, and at the end of leukapheresis. Seven procedures were carried out adding heparin to the circuit, and seven adding acetyl salicylic acid (ASA). The remaining eight procedures were carrie...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Fabris F,Casonato A,Randi ML,Belloni M,Quaino V,Ongaro G,Girolami A

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:• The rapid and continuing progress in gene discovery for complex diseases is fuelling interest in the potential application of genetic risk models for clinical and public health practice. • The number of studies assessing the predictive ability is steadily increasing, but they vary widely in completeness of reporting...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Janssens AC,Ioannidis JP,Bedrosian S,Boffetta P,Dolan SM,Dowling N,Fortier I,Freedman AN,Grimshaw JM,Gulcher J,Gwinn M,Hlatky MA,Janes H,Kraft P,Melillo S,O'Donnell CJ,Pencina MJ,Ransohoff D,Schully SD,Seminara D,

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies in different animal models and plasma analyses in humans suggest that members of the interleukin-6 (IL-6) cytokine family may be involved in the pathogenesis of congestive heart failure (CHF). Accordingly, we have examined IL-6-related cytokines in chronic CHF in humans by analysing gene and protein ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Eiken HG,Øie E,Damås JK,Yndestad A,Bjerkeli V,Aass H,Simonsen S,Geiran OR,Tønnessen T,Christensen G,Frøland SS,Gullestad L,Attramadal H,Aukrust P

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the comparative value of serum Type III procollagen peptide (PIIIP) in paediatric and adult liver disease we have measured PIIIP in 201 healthy subjects (aged 1 day-77 years) and twenty-one children and five adults with chronic active hepatitis (CAH). Healthy children had significantly higher PIIIP levels...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Trivedi P,Cheeseman P,Portmann B,Hegarty J,Mowat AP

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormal erythrocyte Na/Li countertransport is associated with diseases such as essential hypertension and diabetic renal disease. Although it seems unlikely that Na/Li countertransport contributes to any disease process, it may be abnormal because of a change in the cell membrane that is part of the disease...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Thomas TH,Rutherford PA,Vareesangthip K,Wilkinson R,West IC

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The activity of lipoprotein lipase (E.C.3.1.1.3) extracted and released from adipose tissue has been measured in obese subjects with mild or severe hypertriglyceridaemia. The Intralipid tolerance test has been studied as a measure of in vivo clearance of exogenous triglyceride from plasma. 2. Plasma triglyceride cl...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Taylor KG,Holdsworth G,Galton DJ

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date it is not known whether gastric juice vitamin C levels are influenced by Helicobacter pylori CagA(+) strains. The aim of the present study, therefore, was to study the impact of H. pylori CagA status on gastric juice vitamin C levels. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We studied 30 H. pylori(+) patients, and th...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Rokkas T,Liatsos C,Petridou E,Papatheodorou G,Karameris A,Ladas SD,Raptis SA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine was collected in four healthy infants, born after 35-39 weeks of gestation. The collections were made for 24 h starting immediately after birth. Bile acids were extracted, separated into conjugate groups, solvolysed, hydrolysed and quantified by gas-liquid chromatography as methyl ester trimethylsilyl ether deri...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Strandvik B,Wikström SA

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic polypeptide was infused intravenously in healthy fasting subjects at 1 pmol kg-1 (n = 7) and 4 pmol kg-1 min-1 (n = 10) producing plasma PP concentrations of 223 +/- 37 pmol/l (mean +/- SEM) and 891 +/- 64 pmol/l respectively. These levels are similar to and four-fold higher than those seen after a normal m...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Adrian TE,Greenberg GR,Barnes AJ,Christofides ND,Alberti KG,Bloom SR

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the 13C-octanoate breath test, the shape of the 13CO2 excretion curve in the ascending portion reflects a pattern of gastric emptying (GE). Recent scintigraphic studies have revealed an overall delay in solid GE in fertile women compared with men. However, it remains unknown whether women have a different...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Sanaka M,Yamamoto T,Anjiki H,Osaki Y,Kuyama Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of lumbar spondylolisthesis (SPL) in patients suffering from low back pain (LBP) with or without rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to identify potential factors associated with SPL in patients with RA. METHODS:We performed a case-control study. Cases and contro...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hagege B,Tubach F,Alfaiate T,Forien M,Dieudé P,Ottaviani S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen load can be reduced by substituting dietary protein intake with keto or hydroxy analogues of amino acids. To investigate their intestinal absorption, human jejunal brush border membrane vesicles were used to measure uptake of L-leucine hydroxy analogue (L-LHA) and L-lactate. Uptake assays were performed under...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Friedrich M,Murer H,Sterchi E,Berger EG

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an idiopathic, segmental, non-atherosclerotic and non-inflammatory disease of the musculature of arterial walls, leading to stenosis of small and medium-sized arteries, mostly involving renal and cervical arteries. As a result of better and more systematic screening, it appears that in...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Van der Niepen P,van Tussenbroek F,Devos H,Debing E,Di Monaco S,Goffette P,Astarci P,Persu A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin is a glycoprotein found in body fluids, loose connective tissue matrix and in basement membranes. Fibronectin in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid was immunologically indistinguishable from the plasma form, as shown by double-diffusion analysis. Fibronectin isolated from rheumatoid synovial fluid by affi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Vartio T,Vaheri A,Von Essen R,Isomäki H,Stenman S

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic stable analogues of thromboxane A2 (TXA2), cyclic endoperoxides (PGH2) and prostacyclin (PGI2) opened up new opportunities for investigating the mechanisms of action of these compounds. They proved to be useful pharmacological probes for characterizing PGI2 and TXA2/PGH2 receptors. Over the past few years, n...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Jaschonek K,Muller CP

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A hyaluronan-loading test has been developed for assessment of hyaluronan kinetics and applied in patients with liver and joint diseases. This test describes the metabolic process of hyaluronan but cannot define the specific contribution of different organs. A method for labelling of hyaluronan with the shor...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lindqvist U,Westerberg G,Bergström M,Torsteindottir I,Gustafson S,Sundin A,Lööf L,Långström B

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Foetal growth monitoring is an essential component of prenatal care with postnatal impact. The aim of the study was to construct reference ranges for foetal biometric parameters in Greek foetuses and to compare them with previously published models. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Measurements from 1200 Greek foetuse...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Sotiriadis A,Eleftheriades M,Chatzinikolaou F,Hassiakos D,Chrousos GP,Pervanidou P

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our aim in the present study was to determine whether endothelial NO synthase gene (ecNOS) polymorphisms are associated with myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS:Forty chromosomes from patients with MI were screened for polymorphisms of the ecNOS gene using polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformatio...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Poirier O,Mao C,Mallet C,Nicaud V,Herrmann SM,Evans A,Ruidavets JB,Arveiler D,Luc G,Tiret L,Soubrier F,Cambien F

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00